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JOE DE GROOTE, OF PECATONICA, ILLINOIS.

BELT BUCKLE.

Application led October 26, 1923.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that-I, J 0E DE GRooTE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Peca; tonica, in the county of Winnebago and State haveinvented new and useful Improvements in a Belt Buckle, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved buckle and moreparticularly to a 10. belt buckle equipped with means to engage atrousers button and a hook adapted to embrace the overlapping edge ofthe waist band of the trousers so as to maintain the buckle in place andat the same time to prevent the waist band from becoming unfastened.

The main/.object of the invention is to provide a device of the abovecharacter that is simple in construction, strong and durable and which,it is believed, may be manufactured at a reasonably low cost.

Various other objects and advantages of my invention will becomeapparent during the continuance of the following description.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a view in rear elevation showing my inventionin its referred embodiment and as carried by a belt of conventionalconstruction.

Fig. 2 is a top view of a portion of the waist band of a pairof trousersshowing my invention, partly in section, operatively associatedtherewith.

Fig. 3 is a view in horizontal cross section taken on line 3 3 of Fig.1.

lin the drawings 10 desi ates a buckle of substantially conventionanform which is 'carried by a belt 11 of the usual and well to knownconstruction. At one end the buckle 10 is provided with a hook member 12which is referably made of wire and which has its en s secured to theupper and lower flanges thereof as clearly shown in Fig. 2. It will atbe observed in this connection that the hook member 12 lies in a planebehind the body of the buckle so as not to obstruct the passage for thefree endof the belt, and at the same time to assume aposition whereby itSerial No. 670,912.

may be convenientl brought in operative relation to the over apping edgeof a portion of the trousers such as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed.

Adjacent the other end of the buckle and on the inside edge thereof lalso provide a metallic clip 13 whose upper end is slotted as at 14 soas to form a 'clasp that may be brought into engagement with the shankof a trousers button and thus help maintain the buckle in place as wellas prevent accidental displacement of that portion of the trousers heldby the button.

'llo illustrate more clearly the application 0f my invention I haveshown, in Fig. 2 the overlapping portions 15 and 16 of the waist band ofa pair of trousers which overlapping portions are fastened to ether bymeans of a button 17. When the elt is arranged in place the buckle 10assumes a position adjacent to the overlapping edges of the trousers sothat the clip 13 can be engaged with the button 17 and the hook 12arranged over the edge of the overlapping portion 15 of the trousers asshown. From this it will be observed that the accidental displacement ofthe overlapping edges 15 and 16 will be prevented and also that thebuckle 10 will be firmly held in position.

From the foregoin it is believed that the advantages and nove featuresof my invention will be readily understood, and therefore further detailand description is deemed unnecessary.

What is claimed is 1. A belt buckle including a hook member carried atone' end and adapted .to overlie the overlapping edge of the walst bandof a pair of trousers and a clasp carried adjacent the other end adaptedto be engaged with the button that secures the overlapping edge of thetrousers 1n place.

2. A belt buckle including a trousers engaging hook carried at one endand lylng in a plane behind the buckle, and a button enga ing claspcarried on the back of the buckle and spaced adjacent the other endthereof substantially as described.

JOE DE GROO'JFE.

